A 35-year-old Ham Lake man, who sexually assaulted multiple women between 2015 to 2019 in Minneapolis, pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal sexual conduct on Thursday.
Ham Lake serial rapist pleads guilty to assaulting 5 women in Minneapolis
Jory Wiebrand will face more than 45 years in prison.
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Minneapolis Police Department
A Ham Lake man who sexually assaulted multiple young women he didn t know in southeast Minneapolis has pleaded guilty to five charges.
Jory Wiebrand, 35, pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal sexual conduct on Jan. 14, including four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, the Hennepin County Attorney s Office said.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said the negotiated sentence will mean Wiebrand spends more than 45 years (550 months) in prison. Wiebrand, who was first charged in April 2020, was charged in connection to more than a dozen cases dating from 2015-2020.
The Latest: Wichita, Kan., is resuming in-person classes
January 12, 2021
WICHITA, Kan. Students in Wichita, Kan., are resuming in-person learning, and bars and restaurants in the Kansas City area can stay open later while keeping limits on capacity because of the pandemic.
The Wichita school district is bringing elementary students back to classrooms Wednesday, after sending them home late last year because of a lack of substitute teachers and rising coronavirus cases.
The district plans for middle and high school students to begin later this month a hybrid mode of in-person learning part of the time and at home the rest. The older students have been remote learning since the start of the academic year.
Ex-cop Derek Chauvin will be tried separately in George Floyd s killing due to the pandemic
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, will be tried separately from the other officers becau.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 11:35 AM
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, will be tried separately from the other officers because of the ongoing pandemic, according to a Hennepin County District Court ruling.
The three other officers, who are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, will be tried together starting on August 23, Judge Peter Cahill ruled on Tuesday.
Chauvin faces murder, manslaughter charges
Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed face down on the street. Police were investigating whether Floyd used a counterfeit bill at a nearby store. In a video widely seen on social media, Floyd pleaded with officers for air, saying he couldn’t breathe.
Floyd’s death led to protests in Minneapolis and elsewhere and calls for an end to police brutality and racial inequities.
Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Former officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.